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Good Day to you all.
This is my first post here as i joined just now because of an ongoing promo on XDA2 and P900 in SMART Philippines.
I am a avid :shock: SMARTPHONE user, Tanager E100, is and was my previous unit UNTIL im gonna decide to go for either XDA2 or P900.
Now, I wouldn't have registered here if I didn't LIKE the XDA2, however since MOST of you here are already experienced users, I would like to ask ALL of you TO HELP me COMPARE the two units and SHOW the GOOD as well as the BAD sides of each. Pocket PC / Communicators are a new field for me as I am a SMARTPHONE user.
Thats where I need your INPTS. Thank you.
It really depends on whether you want a fantastic pda with a built in phone function (XDAII) or a phone with a built in pad function (P900). The 'built in' part being compromised on both machines.
I personally have have all of Nokia's Communicator series and both types of XDA and having seen and used a friend's P900, I would definately recommend the XDAII.
Thanks, I need more info though.
Thanks, Now for Techies, The SPECS say that:
XDA2 has 400MHZ Intel PSX??? processor whereas SE P900 has 154Mhz ARM10 processor. How does this compare?
This sounds like comparing a MAC and a PENTIUM based PC does it?
And which has the larger market support Windows Mobile 2003 or Symbian Technology?
Hope I get your comments, Thanks.
chameleon
They're both ARM processors, so no it's not like the difference between 680??/PowerPC MACs and 80x86/Pentium IBM PCs - There is a REAL speed difference here.
I would think that the 'largest' market base is with Symbian as it's used in lots of phones and not just the P800/P900s (they're just the top end). Consider that most of the current Nokia (who are the largest global supplier of mobile phones) use the Symbian OS and that there are FAR more Mobile Phones than PDAs
jwealthall said:
I would think that the 'largest' market base is with Symbian as it's used in lots of phones and not just the P800/P900s (they're just the top end). Consider that most of the current Nokia (who are the largest global supplier of mobile phones) use the Symbian OS and that there are FAR more Mobile Phones than PDAs
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I'd have to disagree with that view, yes there are more Symbian based phones than there are WM2003 based phones but only a few Symbian handsets have any real PDA functionality.
The PocketPC userbase is vast and growing with a huge array of applications, utilities etc, far in excess of that available for P800/P900's.
Griffog,
I agree, when comparing P800/P900 numbers to Pocket PC numbers then there are far more Pocket PCs .... Although I wouldn't like to guess that this were true for Pocket PC Mobiles.
Yes, there would be a far greater range of applications for Pocket PCs although far fewer mobile specific ones.
At the end of the day, I'd personally choose an XDA type device - I just wish that the specification meant that you didn't loose all your software/data when the device ran out of power - In this day and age that is quite simply rediculous!!!
Thanks a lot folks, JWEATHALL and GRIFFOG and XDA-ROCKS
British/English Folks help a lot, dont they? im still waiting for replies from other nationalities.
You've CONVINCED me. Though I needed less convincing anyway, as I was inching towards having an O2 XDA II as offered by our service provider here.
My XDA II will be arriving shortly and I cant wait. :wink: :wink:
Now the FUN part, trying to understand how it works, with my smartphone background, i know it would be easy, but its not going to be a walk in the park.
My favorite amd very useful apps in smartphone are:
1. PHM Registry Editor (for cool tweaking)
2. Smart Explorer
3. SP Task Manager
4. Mitac Phonebackup
5. Pocket TV and MVP
6. Sprite Backup
7. Twyx Imeter
8. Nintendo Emulator
Are these EASILY available for XDA2?
:?:
Im looking forward to GREAT PDA functions from my XDA, would greatly appreciate the MS Office apps.
Im planning to buy :shock: Wi-Fi SD expansion card :shock: , which I will use to our Wi-Fi server, is it easy to setup?
Id appreciate the replies. Thanks again
You're in for a treat - most of those apps are available for PocketPC and if you're into emulators there's even freeware emu's for the Playstation and Gameboy Advance
@chameleon,
Welcome aboard!!!
I used to have a P800 (wich is very close to the P900)... I was really into Sony Ericsson phones/pdas, I even have a portal dedicated to them... www.sonyericssonfans.com
But I really went ahead switched to the MDA2 and love every bit of it...
Lots of software and emulators!!!!
Let us know what you think once you have it...
Rayan
you wont have a problem working the XDA if you know how to use a windows pc
the SPV series is hard to set up and configure compared to the XDA as you can touch whats on screen and not having to navigate through menus all the time
gaz
I was there. I got XDA2 as soon as it was released in Dubai. Then, P900 came out and I've sold XDA2 and got P900. It's a very cool device, specially 5 way jog - it is something every PDA maker should license from Sony, IMHO. Functionality wise I wasn't very impressed. And the most annoying part was BT. They just hate each other - P900 and HBH-65
Back to XDA2 now and more hat happy with it. Really hope that SE will bring functional BT and better dialer.
Hi, All out there
I am also a NewBie here. Happily came here with a good chance, I have learned a lot from here although not long. I had bought an O2 XDA2 for my wife and I am going to buy another one for myself. I am going to dwelling deeply into it technically. The bad side of this stuff, my personal feeling, is that they only implement one SD slot. If they can implement it with two SD slots, then things would be much more wonderful.
missa,
i think there is a BACKPACK accessory than you ca purchase for your XDA 2, it contains 2 SD/MC slots and an additional BATT, plus an RCA jack??, not sure with this.
Thanks FOLKS, i have my XDA already and im tinkering with it right now.
This is GREAT. hehehe.
Ive got a P800 and I want to go for a XDA something, I might wait for the XDA3, I need something with Wifi and the new P910 just doesnt have it and you cant get extra wifi with the sony memorystick duo! which sucks a little.
Yes the 5 way jog dial from sony is totaly cool and just great for doing stuff with one hand, only real good thing about the phone. As for a PDA device, its not that great! I try and use it to the max but the screen is just that little to small to do most things with!
Remember tAgenda?
http://www001.upp.so-net.ne.jp/kohgo/index_en.html
I used this on my old Pocket PC running 2002 or 2003.
It won't work on WM5...does anyone know of another program that does what tAgenda does?
If you never used it, it lists the next X number of days or X number of appointments on your today screen. Very cool.
Calender +
I preferred tagenda though
There are couple SW can do this. I was using tAgenda before but it has an annoying small bug (Today refresh issue on 2003SE). After some trial I choose PocketBreeze. you can download at http://www.sbsh.net
the other SW is SPB Diary (http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com)
tAgenda is way better than calendar +. Pocket Breeze is no freeware...
Eagerly waiting for a wm5 version of tAgenda.
elio said:
tAgenda is way better than calendar +. Pocket Breeze is no freeware...
Eagerly waiting for a wm5 version of tAgenda.
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I guess nothing that costs (even a little) is worth the price?
I'm sorry but that is retarded. If the only complaint you have about a product is that it costs $10.00 then why waste the effort complaining?
I'm sure your phone wasn't freeware.
I've been a loyal user of PocketBreeze for 8 months now, the best $10 I ever spent. I like it so much I also bought PocketWeather and iLauncher from them.
I also spent money on MS Voice Command and HandySwitcher from DinarSoft. Yes I know I could have stole MS Voice Command from any number of sites and there are many free task switchers but I felt the programs were worth the expense.
Now as a single father raising two teenage daughters on one salary I don't have money to throw around but I do recgonize value when I see it.
BTW, most freeware authors appreciate and request contributions if you find their efforts useful. Maybe tAgenda will not be ported to WM5 because not enough users felt they should thank the guy for his hard work...
yeah, tAgenda was great! I use dit on my Magician and tried to contact the writer a few times through email to ask him how version 1.2 in English was coming along, based on his statement on the website that he was working on it. I also asked him about WM5, but he never answered any of my emails. I think he stopped the project and the site still exists without him knowing. Shame really, I now use SPB Diary, nice app, but TAgenda was almost as good and much, much smaller.
To kyphur:
Hey Buddy, thanks for the "morality-trip", but really there was no need for you to get so upset... I was just pointing to another difference between the softwares.
Take good care of your daughters (I also have 3 kids) and don't forget to teach them that some things in life can be dealt with with humor and lightness
I'm using pocketb and I think it is the better one among others, including calendar+.
One of the many things that I don't like about calendar+ is that, if you have appoinments/tasks tomorrow, it will stil show you the date, not the word "Tomorrow", hence, to avoid not being prepared for the tasks tomorrow, you would have to check the date today to reliase that it is tomorrow.
It seems that tAgenda is having the same style. Probably someone should let the author know about this.
I kinda got this habbit of looking for the word 'Tomorrow' when I was using my Palm and it kinda sticked into me. Palm's agenda is good. The eqv one in PPC I think, would be PocketBreeze + Informant
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To kyphur:
Hey Buddy, thanks for the "morality-trip", but really there was no need for you to get so upset... I was just pointing to another difference between the softwares.
Take good care of your daughters (I also have 3 kids) and don't forget to teach them that some things in life can be dealt with with humor and lightness
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I'll apologize here if my small rant offended anyone. One of things I like about this site is the lack of Warez, Keygens & the like. I was trying to keep from being too preachy, maybe simply using the word 'retarded' (to describe the concept of not wanting to pay for any software) just set a bad tone for the rest of the post.
This forum is full of many good people united in the common goals of taking control of our devices to maximize their value in our lives. It is a shame that a few bad users can leave a foul taste in one's mouth. I just need to stay away from the thread about 'Desperate for some GAMES' becuase there have been several KeyGens posted there.
One thing that is great about WM5 software is that unlike Smartphone (Symbian etc) software you're not tied to the IMEI of your phone. I have several program that were purchased when I was using my SX-66 (the SBSH programs and MS Voice Comand) which moved to my Wizard.
Happy Mobile Computing!!!
To kyphur:
No prob my friend. I think being here on that great forum means we all share the same values.
Best regards to all
I am posting on here so I can find this later. I don't know how to flag posts other than as "view your posts". Sorry.
hi guys,
I was just looking for an alternative to the bundled office mobile, even if pricey, but with powerful features, that gives a desktop-like experience, and supports office 2007 formats of course (docx etc). not essential, but very welcome, PDF exporting capabilities.
do you have any advice to give? what office-like suites do you use on your TP2??
thanks in advance to everybody!
Documents2Go
Documents to Go would be my choice. I use it on my tp2 and it works great. It has all the requirements listed above and then some. I cost about 30 bucks but I think it is well worth it.
thanks for the quick reply!
so you think it's a real improvement upon standard office suite? I noticed it hasn't been updated for more than a year.. is it dead or discontinued, or will be soon?
30 bucks is quite a lot, but if it's worth it, it's ok, I need it for work so maybe I'll get it payed for me
search 'softmaker' in google n youtube.. they produce word, powerpoint, and excel but in their own way n diff name.. but compatible with conventional microsoft's files..
thanks pcboyy, I already saw sofmaker office suite advertised here and there, it looks simply wonderful!! bad thing is that AFAIK it does NOT support office 2007 files (.docx, .xlsx) so if it's true it's a no-go for me... do you confirm this?
thank you guys for your help!
cyberpunk,
Yes. Unfortunately, the amazing Softmaker suite does not support Office 2007 formats, yet. (Also, their version of powerpoint is still quite buggy on the wm.)
looks like they haven't been updating it for a long time... too bad!! really really bad..
so the final suggestion is for documents to go?
no newer / more powerful suites?
thanks a lot for your help!
press release: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/press/pressreleases/2010/spb-mobile-shell-5.0-arrives-brings-support-for-symbian-and-android-along.html
quote:
One important innovation in SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 is the Natural Interaction Engine which includes support for G-sensor and multitouch , a dedicated Feedback Engine providing realistic visual and haptic responses, and a Physics Engine responsible for the real-world behavior of all objects.
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The 3D stuff looks intersting too:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07Mu29lxtY&feature=player_embedded
just need a release date now!!
I've used MS for as long as I can remember, and always loved it over Sense,
Once again it seems amazing. SPB Rules...
and once again they release details with no firm dates ...
used to love SPB MS 3.5 but when I got my HD2 I stopped playing with MS ...
MAybe this version will seduce me back!
GG
i wonder what happened to v4?
apparently version 4 isnt lucky in the east!
the number 4 and the word death are too similar and is deemed unlucky or something....
Thus version 3 to version 5!
GG
Looks great will be waiting for a release date.
Dont no if it's old news
SPB Software invites members of the media to get familiar with the application by claiming their complimentary copy of SPB Mobile Shell through contacting Anton Nekhaenko at [email protected]
Regards Jouixs
There was a post made on the SPB fan page of Facebook that said Q2 2010 release date. I guess that's the only indication they are giving as far as a release timeframe at this point.
MobileShell 5 on HD2:
--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFrM31namXA
The 3D-carousel seems to need more graphical power, but the overall usability seems to be nice...
Defenitly worth a try. The multipage-slider reminds me of the phones with Android (f.e. HTC Hero)...
UncleManuel said:
MobileShell 5 on HD2:
--> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFrM31namXA
The 3D-carousel seems to need more graphical power, but the overall usability seems to be nice...
Defenitly worth a try. The multipage-slider reminds me of the phones with Android (f.e. HTC Hero)...
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maybe he just needs the chainfire opengl drivers =)
It looks great!
Cool .. still I think that animations, much more 3D animations, in shell, are just a waste of battery, sometimes even waste of time.
Jouixs said:
SPB Software invites members of the media to get familiar with the application by claiming their complimentary copy of SPB Mobile Shell through contacting Anton Nekhaenko at [email protected]
Regards Jouixs
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Did XDA email them by any chance to get a copy ???
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Did XDA email them by any chance to get a copy ???
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I emailed them earlier with regards to getting a release or pre-release copy to review it for the forum.
MArk.
yet nobody could find the version 5?
I ran it can't say i was overly impressed, it's nice and it is smooth on the rendering front however if you use bluetooth audio like i do you have to set up media player every time to get it to work.
It just shows an umpty library you have to manually add items to play each time
the abilty to add widgets to your home page is pretty cool though but after a few weeks of usage i went back to sense
Hi!
Anyone knows when the 5.0 will be released? I just can´t wait to get my hands on it...
*push*
Sigh. Just had some disturbing problems with polaris office and I think this may be the straw that causes me to return the note before my date comes up on it. I just post this here in case other people are thinking about purchasing one or want to know its limitations.
I would preface this by saying I absolutely love this note, it works amazing, is fast, light, amazing build and am continually impressed by it. All the shortcomings are more of the android ecosystems issue.
So the issue, Ive been editing documents in Polaris office during meetings, and finally have noticed that polaris has been quietly corrupting my documents. Sure they look good, even edited. But when I open them in Word there are small but aggravating issues. The biggest is it breaks paragraphs, and I have no idea how to fix them in Word.
For example paragraphs st
art looking like this with th
e wording and word spacin
g all disjoined. And Micro
soft says if this happens yo
ur Document is corrupt.
I have found other people online and even on XDA complaining about this issue over a year ago, don't know if there is a solution but it doesnt seem like. I also wonder how I would get updates to Polaris (why isnt it in google play?).
Other problems include SNote not quite being up to par, and not being able to find a suitable replacement, although lecturenotes tries hard and may get there. Not being able to find a lot of high quality apps in other categories (e.g. childrens books/learning games). And it not playing nice enough with my groupwise/exchange appointments.
Darn I like this thing. But I keep thinking on the 26th Ill get an amazing SNote replacement (one note) with complete office integration, pluse my email will work fine. Oh and Ill be able to get unlimited learning games on an x86 tablet. Only downside the thing would probably only last 7-10 hours in battery life instead of the 2 days my notes been going. Hmmmmm
Anyone else notice this problem in Polaris? Solution?
Get a different app and keep your Note. Samsung doesn't make Polaris.
hanexs said:
Sigh. Just had some disturbing problems with polaris office and I think this may be the straw that causes me to return the note before my date comes up on it. I just post this here in case other people are thinking about purchasing one or want to know its limitations.
I would preface this by saying I absolutely love this note, it works amazing, is fast, light, amazing build and am continually impressed by it. All the shortcomings are more of the android ecosystems issue.
So the issue, Ive been editing documents in Polaris office during meetings, and finally have noticed that polaris has been quietly corrupting my documents. Sure they look good, even edited. But when I open them in Word there are small but aggravating issues. The biggest is it breaks paragraphs, and I have no idea how to fix them in Word.
For example paragraphs st
art looking like this with th
e wording and word spacin
g all disjoined. And Micro
soft says if this happens yo
ur Document is corrupt.
I have found other people online and even on XDA complaining about this issue over a year ago, don't know if there is a solution but it doesnt seem like. I also wonder how I would get updates to Polaris (why isnt it in google play?).
Other problems include SNote not quite being up to par, and not being able to find a suitable replacement, although lecturenotes tries hard and may get there. Not being able to find a lot of high quality apps in other categories (e.g. childrens books/learning games). And it not playing nice enough with my groupwise/exchange appointments.
Darn I like this thing. But I keep thinking on the 26th Ill get an amazing SNote replacement (one note) with complete office integration, pluse my email will work fine. Oh and Ill be able to get unlimited learning games on an x86 tablet. Only downside the thing would probably only last 7-10 hours in battery life instead of the 2 days my notes been going. Hmmmmm
Anyone else notice this problem in Polaris? Solution?
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None of the faux-Office products are great; on the Note or any other Android device. I do OK editing existing documents but the more complex ones (outlines, tables, charts, graphs) can be challenging. I pretty much don't use formatting when I'm creating a documents from scratch and import it in to Word as text and finish it off there. You sound like an excellent candidate for a W8 tablet. Speaking of which, MS has said (via Europe) Office for Android is due late this year via TechNet and early next year generally.
Before you send it back, try this app as it is supposed to resemble MS Word really well, there is a free trial if you give them your email and register your interest:
http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofa_en.htm
hanexs said:
Sigh. Just had some disturbing problems with polaris office and I think this may be the straw that causes me to return the note before my date comes up on it. I just post this here in case other people are thinking about purchasing one or want to know its limitations.
I would preface this by saying I absolutely love this note, it works amazing, is fast, light, amazing build and am continually impressed by it. All the shortcomings are more of the android ecosystems issue.
So the issue, Ive been editing documents in Polaris office during meetings, and finally have noticed that polaris has been quietly corrupting my documents. Sure they look good, even edited. But when I open them in Word there are small but aggravating issues. The biggest is it breaks paragraphs, and I have no idea how to fix them in Word.
For example paragraphs st
art looking like this with th
e wording and word spacin
g all disjoined. And Micro
soft says if this happens yo
ur Document is corrupt.
I have found other people online and even on XDA complaining about this issue over a year ago, don't know if there is a solution but it doesnt seem like. I also wonder how I would get updates to Polaris (why isnt it in google play?).
Other problems include SNote not quite being up to par, and not being able to find a suitable replacement, although lecturenotes tries hard and may get there. Not being able to find a lot of high quality apps in other categories (e.g. childrens books/learning games). And it not playing nice enough with my groupwise/exchange appointments.
Darn I like this thing. But I keep thinking on the 26th Ill get an amazing SNote replacement (one note) with complete office integration, pluse my email will work fine. Oh and Ill be able to get unlimited learning games on an x86 tablet. Only downside the thing would probably only last 7-10 hours in battery life instead of the 2 days my notes been going. Hmmmmm
Anyone else notice this problem in Polaris? Solution?
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Return your Note 10.1, and wait for the Surface.
Another great app worth looking at is OfficeSuite Pro and remember that sNote should receive a very nice update with the JB release that I am hoping/expecting before month's end.
Wait for the 4.1 update and maybe it'll be resolved
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda app-developers app
Livebyte said:
Return your Note 10.1, and wait for the Surface.
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If you want to wait on W8 that's all good but bring money. Getting the same level of performance as the SGN10.1 with pen input will cost you many hundreds more.
Don't get the Surface - it's junk with that silly soft keyboard. How the heck do you even use it on your lap? I guess it's called "Surface" because you have to have a flat surface to use it.
Returning a device you love because an app that's available for it sucks? That's ... an interesting decision. You know Samsung's decision to bundle Polaris Office doesn't mean you have to use it, do you?
Softmaker Office is a very popular alternative among XDA members. Last time I looked, they only had the word processor available on the Play store, not spreadsheets, presentations etc. You can probably get them from the developer's website.
There are also plenty of other alternatives. Kingsoft Office gets VERY good reviews on the play store - I'm tempted to try it just from the reviews. OfficeSuite Pro is also apparently good on a tablet.
BarryH_GEG said:
None of the faux-Office products are great; on the Note or any other Android device. I do OK editing existing documents but the more complex ones (outlines, tables, charts, graphs) can be challenging. I pretty much don't use formatting when I'm creating a documents from scratch and import it in to Word as text and finish it off there. You sound like an excellent candidate for a W8 tablet. Speaking of which, MS has said (via Europe) Office for Android is due late this year via TechNet and early next year generally.
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And there are reports (take with grain of salt) that MS will be offering a version of Office Mobile for android.
I just did a round of budgeting at work on my Note 10.1 using OfficeSuite Pro and had no issues. Primarily Excel. No problems with formulas at all.
HasC said:
Before you send it back, try this app as it is supposed to resemble MS Word really well, there is a free trial if you give them your email and register your interest:
http://www.softmaker.com/english/ofa_en.htm
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thanks for the tip. I just got this from the play store and it seems really good so far
Thanks for all the tip. Installed OfficeSuit Pro, and Softmaker and QuickOffice pro. Softmaker worked the best, but none of them had the ability to input with the stylus (e.g. freehand draw) like polaris does. Polaris really sold me on this tablet, I mean sure, it doesnt have onenote, but who needs onenote when i can instantly open the doc from my dropbox, make the notes I need, and finalize when I get back to the office. But it doesnt really look like thats possible yet with polaris corrupting so many files. And if Im going to type out my nights, I have an amazing Lenovo Thinkpad X100e that blows any tablet out of the water for keyboard entry. I was really hoping for stylus support, but the apps just arent here yet, Ill look again on Jelly Bean update, seems like this stylus computer dream has been in waiting for sooo long.
Incidentally my 2 year old daughter really loves the tablet. shes been the one reason I've been wanting to keep it, all the touch games, shes been doing puzzles and books and learning her letters with it, quite amazing. Now I just have to decide what to get her, Nexus is pretty cheap, or there might be some used ipads kicking around with better app support (might as well get a toy to be used as a toy after all).
Samsung made an awesome piece of hardware here, all the talk about it feeling cheap is wrong, its slick, fast, small, light and just awesome to hold. Just wish it had some better app support. Soon hopefully.
Get 7Notes with mazec. It's an HWR keyboard you Can use almost everywhere.
Here's the thing MS has for years worked real hard to keep their office suite and word processing software proprietary and have been quite sucsessful at this. So any time you try to use a system that is not controled by MS with MS software you will find this problem to some extent. Whether it is a tablet, laptop or desktop. This is one of the reasons I refuse to use MS products, but that is me. What all this means to you is until you find a MS compatible tablet running MS software that MS has said is compatible with their office suite you will have these problems. On top of that there is (as yet) no evidence that a Windows tablet will be 100% compatible with all Windows software. In fact there are reports that there will be programs that would run on Win 7 that are not expected to run on Win 8.
My question to you is do you want the features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.0 or do you want to give up those features and hope a MS Windows machine will fulfill your needs without compromises? I personally have never seen an OS or a computing device that did not have compromises.
Think I read last night Microsoft are releasing office for android soon.
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Think I read last night Microsoft are releasing office for android soon.
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... and today they denied the statement.
smrsxn said:
... and today they denied the statement.
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It's coming...just like a lot of their Xbox live features made their way to the iOS ecosystem. Of course they denied their slip, it is just a few weeks until their new tablets become available. I am sure a big selling point of Surface and other Win 8 tabs will be the availability of MS Office products, if they did not deny the rumors; those who were going to switch from iOS and Android because of Office would have just stayed with their current devices instead of dropping $$$ on MS's new Hardware. MS is smart, they know they can penetrate other ecosystems with their products. They will just wait until the hype surrounding Windows 8 and Windows 8 RT dies down so that they can capitalize on hardware sales out of the gate.
Having said that, I dropped my PC and have moved on to just using the GN10.1. I am a freelance journalist, and I do all of my writing on the tablet. Polaris is good, but Office Suite Pro 6 is excellent. I have zero problems creating and editing pieces in .doc format. It just works.
Its back and I already miss it! lol
The microsoft atoms should be able to fill what I need, but I suspect they'll have their own problems. Still, samsungs making one with a keyboard dock and s-pen. Might be enticing.
The other office programs worked better, but they didnt have the ability to free draw on top of the document like polaris has. I want a tablet because in my many meetings, when someone is commenting or we are discussing a plan, I want to quickly mark it up. I can go back to my top to do the real work, but the thoughts I'd like to write, directly on the document in question. I can't do that in snote because my pc cant modify snote. And if I have to type it I'll just bring my netbook. Has anyone found an office program that works well with an ability to free draw? I bought a few last night but couldnt find one.
I may get a note 10.1 again in a couple months, who knows the app I need might be in development